Secretariat Eclipse Award 1989 Goodbye Tribute

This is the Secretariat Goodbye tribute that was originally broadcasted in 1989 during the Eclipse awards. A version was placed on the Secretariat VHS that Penny sells, but the alternate version of Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting for You" just doesn't do it for me. They also edited some scenes in the collage and I find this one works better.
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If anyone has a better copy, I'd love to have it. Mine was watched to death as a kid so it got kind of worn out..

[@PapSett]

He was one in a billion. There will never be another. I was 13 when he won the Triple Crown and he was magic, sheer magic. I still get goose bumps and a tear in my eye. Rest in peace, Big Red.

[@johnwalsh3215]

There will never be another that can compare to Secretariat RIP special boy!! 😢 you will always be loved!!

[@diehardcowboys]

Three words to sum up the feeling we have for the Super Horse & the Greatest Horse of All Time - Secretariat. "LOVE, RESPECT & ADMIRATION." Thank you Secretariat for bringing us joy, happiness, inspiration, imagination, excitement & entertainment.

[@lovesbriardi]

Every single time I see one of his videos my throat gets tight and I cry - after all these years. I consider myself lucky that i got to see his races on TV.I know he is belly deep in green pasture because God wouldn't create such perfection to simply have it gone....

[@Cormak]

I was devastated when he died. I was 10 years old and my dream had been to see him at Claiborne Farms. I carried my model horse of him with me everywhere and every time I see a picture of him, my breath is still taken away at how magnificent he was.

[@trinityemergencytraumacent9317]

Cormak I was 14. It broke my heart so badly, I missed a day of school. Later that year, Secretariat was my topic for a history paper.

[@KnoxBlondie]

I read that a horse's heart weighs an average of 8.5 pounds, and this magnificent creature's weighed 22. What a horse. I hope he's running through the clouds. Thanks for this.

[@JetfireK]

Thank you. Very heartwarming and lovely. Thank you very much....

[@marvbush5592]

Brings tears to my eyes. We love you big red!

[@Tazzy5]

Beautiful.

[@originaldenis]

What a incredibly beautiful champion. Thank you for that film

[@TwoSlew]

My personal opinion on his laminitis...if he had been saddled up and ridden regularly, like Seattle Slew was, I truly believe he would have lived longer. That's just my personal opinion...Slew lived to be 29. RIP Big Red...nobody will ever forget you.

[@navyster732]

I can agree but you don’t know what they saw. They also said they didn’t want him to suffer. But the autopsy said that it was the worst case of laminitis he had seen.

[@janetgallo5720]

There is so much film of him running day after day hour after our in his paddock, he loved to run, so I don’t really think it’s a fair assessment about what you were saying about Seattle slew

[@cmf4321]

Secretariat is my OBSESSION....This God given horse is the only perfect creature anyone will ever see on this earth. His magnificence will never be matched again by any other horse or human. His magic will never be duplicated. That's why we all cheered and cried, at the same time, when he won the Belmont...the greatest moment in sports history...his perfection touched our hearts...and to this day, my biggest regret, is never seeing him in person. I will always miss him and his presence.

[@Farrah300]

Yes, I can surely agree with you on that one. There's another thing about Secretariat that just touches my heart. Not only was he an amazing race horse talent wise, but he was beautiful!!! I wasn't alive at this time, and had wondered what all the fuss about Secretariat was. Now I know.

[@Navdan87]

This brings a tear to my eye, what a wonderful horse Secretariat was!! Can't wait for the movie later this year...

[@elizabeth3050]

Even more so than his SPEED And THREE RECORDS set in the KD, TP and of course bthe BELMONT was the VERY EXCITEMENT,JOY , HAPPINESS that SECRETARIAT GAVE to us and of course HOW SO VERY PROUD WERE of HIM and HOW VERY PROUD We STILL ARE OF HIM RIP BIG RED ,and KNOW THAT YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

[@mjcamck]

It's a couple of days before the 2018 Kentucky Derby. As always, we will host friends here at our home. My Secretariat Tribute collection will be on display. I feel so fortunate to be around in 1973 when THE GREATEST THOROUGHBRED RACE HORSE EVER won The Belmont Stakes by 31 Lengths! So much beauty this world has seen - let's hope we can all work together so our children can enjoy the kind of carefree days we used to have. Secretariat is a reminder. Best Wishes To ALL.

[@janetgallo5720]

I cry whenever I see him. I saw him raced at the Belmont in 73. I started crying and then I have been crying ever since as he’s so magnificent to watch.

[@carolkelly8848]

I was there also and I was so excited to see him run than I began to cry and I did not know why at the time. I realize now that I realized I would never see this again. It was once in a life time perhaps never. He was and still is so loved.

[@musicislife4547]

Amazing champion , he is the legend R.I.P. Big Red 💕

[@johnwalsh3215]

Sorry world you will never see another horse like Secretariat, he was a once only horse never to be duplicated! I feel so lucky to have been here for that once only! Enjoy the video’s!

[@NorthernSold1]

Just brilliant... thanks very much for the video on the greatest horse in my lifetime

[@ronglasgow3796]

😢 I'm not a hugh race horse fan, but I've never been so proud of a race horse until I saw Secretariat win the Triple Crown by winning the Belmont race by 31 lengths and then setting all-time speed record for fastest time run on a 11/2 mile race track. Experts say this record will never be broken. What an amazing race horse and what a great athlete he was.

[@Steph2043]

I still love this tribute Secretariat is buried at Claiborne, they do have a statue for him at belmont, and seattle slew is buried at Hill n Dale

[@sandraguerra9056]

The best of the best of the best. Secretariat Always and Forever ❤❤❤

[@HotHawaiianNights808]

@cmf4321 Secretariat has become my obsession too. I watched the movie 12 times and cry each and every time. This is a beautiful tribute and song. It is wonderful to know there are people like you who share from their heart and soul so much love. My life has changed because of this beautiful horse.

[@badumpy]

im man enough..to admit i shed tears watching this

[@STHFGDBY]

Undoubtably the fastest and greatest racehorse ever, We had Sea the Stars in Ireland but this horse was the best.

[@johnwalsh3215]

TO SAD FOR WORDS!!! 😥

[@jm1657]

With such an enormous heart, one would hope that he could have lived forever…

[@KnoxBlondie]

"He wasn't a horse, he was Secretariat."

[@VampireYoshi]

Turcotte never even thought of the whip, in the 1973 Belmont. What was seen there was his natural ability...which only adds to his near-godlike mystique in the thoroughbred racing legendarium.

[@annbaskervill]

@bon1042 I hope, like you, that Barbaro & Secretariat are racing together with no laminitis agony to slow their Heavenly hooves. I had such high hopes for Barbaro, but we tragically lost him before he really showed what he was made of. Long live the memories of both these horses who touched the world outside of horse racing...

[@dingerz2564]

The song is by Richard Marx. It's called "Right Here Waiting For You" It is on the album Repeat Offender.

[@TwoSlew]

Penny didn't prefer Riva Ridge...just that Riva was her favorite because he was the horse that enabled her to keep the stable up and running, and he gave Meadow Stables their very first Kentucky derby win, and the financial means to keep Secretariat. Riva got the ball rolling and I think it was more sentimental with him that anything else. She and Lucien knew who was better...they all knew who was better. What a wonderful life that woman has had...I'm jealous.

[@VampireYoshi]

The monument at Belmont commemorates the greatest moment of them all, when the far turn showed a creature leaving this mortal plane forever...without dying...and it was all many could do to simply break down and sob.

[@Jazzgirl8888]

I love your video !Thank you so much for posting! I love the song too!

[@moonligh111]

You´re gone, but you will be always in our hearts! Forever and ever! I would have like to touch you, my friend, only for one time! I hope, you are going well now!

[@booboo7831]

I did see him in person and somehow it makes me cry even harder...Janice Toronto Woodbine...He was a force to see going over that wire in the rain in October...I will never forget him...I have watched the movie 40 times and I still cry Watch the two parter Woodbine race Janice

[@uberathlete]

How apt that he was honored in the Eclipse awards. Inherited that heart from his great great great grandpa.

[@PlaYah1979]

The Best Ever!!!

[@bon1042]

@quiettman11 you really were lucky to have that experience with Secretariat. I at least wld like to go to Kentucky to visit his resting place at Claiborne and also visit Sham, at Walmac Farm I think.

[@Dmixx101]

Just saw the movie this weekend by chance with my wife, she is a fan & loves horses in general. I heard of secretariat of course by way of the news etc.., but didn't watch horse races. After seeing the movie & listening to my wifes accounts all i can say is WOW ! Big red was a bad motha' & one of a kind. I enjoy watching his classic racing clips . R I P buddy !

[@gotch09]

I presume you got to see him in person. God, how I envy you!

[@VampireYoshi]

The day everyone was measuring him versus the Crown...he raised the Crown in the annals thoroughbred mythology. To this day, there is not a Triple Crown attempt where they will not harken back to that haunting footage, at 1:56. Goodbye, Secretariat.

[@HorsesRcul]

this made me cry.....

[@HotHawaiianNights808]

Secretariat: Do you give the horse his strength, or clothe his neck with a flowing mane? Do you make him leap like a locust striking terror with his proud snorting? He paused fiercely rejoicing in his strength and charges into the fray. He laughs at fear and is afraid of nothing. He does not shy away from the sword The quiver rattles against his side, along with the flashing spear and lance. In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground He can not stand still when the trumpet sounds...

[@redransom2006]

Efsaneler asla ölmez. Muhteşem Secretariat.

[@juliehertz8768]

He is The King. RIP BEAUTIFUL BOY.💙 😢

[@tonycapriman]

The Greatest horse to race on a track , just amazing his races , The 1973 Belmont stakes to run 1.09 in the first 3/4 of a mile and than to run another 3/4 of a mile in a blazing 2.24 for the 1 1/2 is next to unworldly !! Miss you Secretariat ! REST IN PEACE !

[@bon1042]

@bon1042 cont. also I know the whole story of the Meadow, Chris Chenery, the family and how he developed his breeding operation. I've read Nack's bio twice and read portions all the time because I love his writing about Secretariat, along with other sources. Didn't mean to tweek your ego, which must be good sized given the "Iwas therein1969" moniker.

[@whitestarline08]

theyll never be another

[@cmf4321]

100% agree!! No athlete, man or horse, in history can compare to the incomparable Secretariat:-) What he accomplished will never be matched! His record of 31 lengths and time of 2:24 both still stand 35 years later! And had never been accomplished by any other racehorse:-)

[@gotch09]

We'll have another TC winner, soon I hope. But we'll never have another BIG RED machine. I loved his intelligence most of all.

[@bon1042]

@Iwastherein1969 I was not lecturing... I think you're reacting to the last part of my comment. Sports Illustrated mocked Secretariat, literally, in print implying that he was a flop as a "stallion." Those are the reactions of men who saw him as a failure as a sire. And I was also happy to have Penny explain on S's website in answer to a question re. producing t'breds like himself... that "nature always regresses to the norm."

[@quiettman11]

THANKS FOR GREAT POST!! As to Secretariat I HAD THE honor to see him HE WAS 10 BEAUTYFUL>POWERFUL>> AND SEEM TO KNOW THAT "YEP ITS REALLY ME"!! He came over i awe we petted him, took a few pictures..... he threw his head nudged back like a 3 year old-------- then BOOM HETOOK OFF ACROSS THE FIELD, IT ACTUALLY SCARED ME FOR A SECOND, THEN WE STOON AND WATCHED THE GREATEST HORSE EVER, SEEM TO ...JUST SHOW OFF! THE PLANE GETTING THERE COST A FEW DOLLARS, THE THRILL, WAS WORTH 1000X! BE WELL DON

[@MikePike5]

You know my dad graduated from de witt clinton high school in 1973 the year secretariat's triple crown win.

[@bon1042]

@tamdee62 You can see interviews with Eddie on the Canadian International videos, his final race.

[@bon1042]

Look at him at 2:39, Eddie walking him w/blue blanket over his back. It's as if he sees man w/camera, Secretariat is holding his head high, ears pricked, looking rt at him. Get your best shot, sir, Here I Am!

[@bon1042]

@Iwastherein1969 don't forget the wonderful Terlingua (she was Penny's favorite) as also good broodmare= Storm Cat! Have you seen 15 sec video here of him "displaying" and showing off in his paddock? Do you think Terlingua wld've raced more successfully if she hadn't bruised a leg (I think that was it)?

[@Iwastherein1969]

@cuff1957 Risen Star and Lady's Secret were great horses...he never duplicated himself, but that would be impossible as there will never be another like him

[@26heille]

i cry everytime i watch this video the greatest racehorse to step onto the track, my grandparents seeen him win by 31 lengths and win the tripple crown

[@GSPDUKE]

I have always questioned the Vet that put him down, and there might be a story there for an investigative reporter, and I think we owe Secretariat that, but I may as well howl at the moon before that happens. The day of his death he showed no signs of distress. At that level of horse racing the caste system is as strong as ever and one thing runs horse racing, and that's money. Secretariat was insured and would love to see the policy.

[@bon1042]

you sound happy about it, rather blunt remark.

[@gotch09]

I vote for the word "immortal".

[@MikePike5]

I found secritariat and seattle slew buried at belmont park.

[@kevinquinn9065]

And Mrs. Tweedy could not even come back to the farm when Sec. was put down.

[@MikePike5]

Secretariat died 4 years before i was born

[@80cathryn]

do you happen to know if there is film from the Fairwell to Secretariat Day in his last public appearance???

[@g0ezle0nard96]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKDcgoOspL2ArNU this is that footage of Secretariat before he passed.

[@TwoSlew]

Secretariat makes horses like Ghostzapper look like a complete joke. There will NEVER be anything like him again.

[@whitestarline08]

he ded relatively young, he was amazing, NEW ADJECTIVE!! secretariaty, means to be undescribably great, or extremely talented

[@Farrah300]

That's Penny Chenery, Secretariat's owner.

[@elizabeth3050]

Was the VERY BEST Of CARE was given to SECRETARIAT to PREVENT the development of LAMINITIS. Also were any of the people that claim to LOVE SECRETARIAT so MUCH with him when THAT DAY CAME I mean was he really EXERCISED as much as he COULD/SHOULD HAVE BEEN I still LOVE SECRETARIAT with ALL MY HEART.WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU BIG BOY.your carrer was cut way too SHORT and so was your LIFE.your PRESENT UPON GOD'S GREEN EARTH makes me believe even more so that THE SPECIAL DO LEAVE THIS EARTH with WAY TOO MUCH MORE to GIVE and WAY TOO MUCH MORE UNDONE,IF THEY would have LET YOU DO IT!!!!!

[@dingerz2564]

@LIGHTNINGB0BBY :) I always thought so too.

[@aluminumtrim]

im sure secretariate takes breaks so that barbaro can catch up.

[@Iwastherein1969]

@bon1042 Secretariat's stallion legacy will first and foremost be with his daughters as broodmares....he produced some Blue Hen mares for sure.....secondly he will be remembered as a stallion for producing the very talented Risen Star...who, if had been allowed to race as an older horse would have been absolutely brilliant....Risen Star had the stamina of his dad and the early foot of his mare's side of the family.....Risen Star, again, if allowed to race at 4 would have records standing to now

[@moonligh111]

To hobbitbuddy: Great comment!

[@AEMoreira81]

@americangirl161 He was euthanized after suffering laminitis, but he was buried whole (most racehorses only have the head, heart, and hooves buried).

[@user-jq9kn2sn6i]

👏👏👏👏👏👌

[@MikePike5]

Who sings where ever you go?

[@blackcloudipoy]

I concur unless a descendant of his does it. The gene pool is bound to strike again one day! If so, I hope he looks just like his ancestor, The King, Secretariat!!!

[@80cathryn]

check out sports century feature on him and bill nack's heart of a champion video for much better material than the movie.

[@huglers]

relax, there are many opinions about this.

[@cuff1957]

did he father any famous horses

[@lilgerndt]

Yea right quit making up rumors. You probably weren't even alive then.

[@danajordan7249]

R.I.P Big Red

[@hockaday2fer2]

MJ23 was great.but if you really want to seea human being at his "colt" stage, watch Herchel W. in his college days.Some of his runs were like Big Red"s...See the t.d. against South Carolina, 1980,three dbacks had the angle,then,like Red he hit another gear.But after all said n done THAT BIG RED WAS ;THE GREATEST;.

[@Iwastherein1969]

@bon1042 Penny Chenery was no expert on breeding horses....her father happened to own breeding share to Bold Ruler and won a coin toss with Ogden Phipps on which of the two would get two Bold Ruler offspring and the other would get the one....well, Phipps luck was bad and his mare never conceieved leaving Chenery with a colt and a filly out of Bold Ruler....the filly never amounted to anything but the colt turned out to be Secretariat...so no lectures needed on the history of Big Red

[@MMFequestrian]

was secretariat sloterd?

[@Jude74]

This music is horrible. A great champion like him deserves Beethovens Ode to Joy, not Richard 'the Mullett' Marx.

[@cmf4321]

The saddest thing is she preferred Riva Ridge. And Secretariat saved her, her family & her farm. Diane Lane played her as if Mrs. Tweedy was a nice person. She wasn't. And ungrateful to the end. Secretariat was the only God-like creature ever born...and she had NO clue that he was God's masterpiece. However, I don't think it was an accident that God gave Secretariat to a woman. He wanted to protect him. Unfortunately, Penny couldn't have cared less after she got her money. Greedy like a man.